Bria Salmena
Five Must-See Acts at the Calgary Folk Music Festival 2025
PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025
Calgary Folk Music Festival is returning for another year of festivities in its home at Prince's Island Park. Running from July 24 to 27...
Five Must-See Acts at Toronto's First-Ever Departure Festival
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2025
Departure Festival + Conference used to be known as Canadian Music Week, and in its first year under its new name, the event is taking over...
Calgary Folk Festival Announces Lineup for 2025 Edition
PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2025
The Calgary Folk Festival is returning to Prince's Island Park this summer. Powered by ATB, the festival will be running from July 24 to 27...
Bria Salmena Is Unleashed on 'Big Dog'
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025
Toronto's Bria Salmena is a familiar presence, but an unknowable one all the same. In the years leading up to today's release of her debut...
Hillside Festival Reveals 2025 Lineup with Hurray for the Riff Raff, Femi Kuti, Abigail Lapell, Bells Larsen, Ghostkeeper
PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2025
Festival season is quickly approaching, and Hillside Festival has now revealed its lineup heading to Guelph Lake Island from July 18 to 20....
Waxahatchee, Iron & Wine, the Sheepdogs Set for Mariposa Folk Festival 2025
PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2025
The legendary Mariposa Folk Festival returns this year to celebrate its 65th anniversary, running from July 4 through 6 in Orillia's Tudhope...
Bria Salmena Announces Debut Album 'Big Dog,' Books 2025 Tour
PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025
FRIGS vocalist and Orville Peck backing musician Bria Salmena has announced her debut solo album. 'Big Dog' will be out March 28 through...
Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Sean Leon, Bria Salmena, BAMBII, Sylo
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2024
Today's the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics. Will Céline Dion stage an epic comeback? Will she do it (duet) with Lady Gaga? That all...
